Table 2.
Health professionals’ views on specified statements* (N=824)
| Statement | Obstetricians/Gynaecologists | Midwives | P value‡ |
| Total=289† | Total=535† | ||
| n (%) | n (%) | ||
| Pregnant women in my country have access to dating ultrasound (ie, estimation of gestational age). | 279 (96.5) | 521 (97.4) | 0.98 |
| Agree/Strongly agree | 275 (98.6) | 512 (98.3) | |
| Disagree/Strongly disagree | 4 (1.4) | 9 (1.7) | |
| Pregnant women in my country have access to fetal anomaly screening. | 276 (95.5) | 514 (96.1) | 0.16 |
| Agree/Strongly agree | 269 (97.5) | 509 (99.0) | |
| Disagree/Strongly disagree | 7 (2.5) | 5 (1.0) | |
| Pregnant women in my country have access to obstetric ultrasound independent of area of residence. | 248 (85.8) | 485 (90.7) | <0.001 |
| Agree/Strongly agree | 203 (81.9) | 446 (92.0) | |
| Disagree/Strongly disagree | 45 (18.1) | 39 (8.0) | |
| Pregnant women in my country have access to obstetric ultrasound independent of income. | 228 (78.9) | 475 (88.8) | 0.082 |
| Agree/Strongly agree | 178 (78.1) | 398 (83.8) | |
| Disagree/Strongly disagree | 50 (21.9) | 77 (16.2) | |
| There are enough resources in my country to provide medically indicated obstetric ultrasound examinations to pregnant women who need it. | 234 (81.0) | 447 (83.6) | 0.002 |
| Agree/Strongly agree | 185 (79.1) | 395 (88.4) | |
| Disagree/Strongly disagree | 49 (20.9) | 52 (11.6) | |
| At my workplace, there is always access to obstetric ultrasound when it is needed. | 282 (97.6) | 519 (97.0) | 0.010 |
| Agree/Strongly agree | 272 (96.5) | 515 (99.2) | |
| Disagree/Strongly disagree | 10 (3.5) | 4 (0.8) | |
| At my workplace, lack of ultrasound training of the ultrasound operator sometimes leads to suboptimal pregnancy management. | 237 (82.0) | 452 (84.5) | 0.086 |
| Agree/Strongly agree | 115 (48.5) | 187 (41.4) | |
| Disagree/Strongly disagree | 122 (51.5) | 265 (58.6) |
*The response option neutral was excluded from analyses.
†The number of participants included in each analysis is presented in relation to the total sample of each group of obstetricians/gynaecologists and midwives.
‡Pearson’s χ2 test with Yates’ continuity correction for test of differences in proportion between the two groups of obstetricians/gynaecologists and midwives.